Need some info on a mobo...

johnspack · Jan 1, 2013

Been slowly building up an htpc for a client. He's very fussy. He wants a media center, but keeps getting me to buy him higher end gaming parts. The fractal design case was a good start, but he got the Silverstone Evolution 850... Excellent of course, but a darn powerhouse for an htpc. I tried to discuss AMD apus with him, but he'd have none of that. So now I go intel i3 sb with him, his first mobo he liked was the gene v... arg. He has no interest in gaming, or ocing, so I think I sold him on this for about the same price:
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=69883&vpn=P8Z77-V Pro&manufacture=ASUS&promoid=1033 Seems like a good candidate. It has all the video outs he needs. I think it's actually a bit much for what he needs still, but don't see anything else he'd be happy with on ncix.
Oh, and he has an older 47 in flatscreen that can only do 720.

Crap Daddy · Jan 1, 2013

Why not an i3-3225? It has the HD4000 IGP. That Silverstone is madness for what he needs.
Check this motherboard:

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=70902&vpn=Z77 Extreme4&manufacture=ASRock&promoid=1033

Jack1n · Jan 1, 2013

For an HTPC it really dosent matter as long as you have all the expansion slots you need on it,try to convince him to get a cheaper one.

DarkOCean · Jan 1, 2013

If you spend $200 for a htpc mobo you may as well pair it with an 3770k and a 7970

... gaming htpc.

johnspack · Jan 2, 2013

The crazy bugger, he insists on the gene v now. oh well, i tried.

johnspack · Jan 2, 2013

I also informed him that the gene doesn't have built in video, so he needs a video card now too. What is a cheap blueray capable fanless worth now?

TRWOV · Jan 2, 2013

About $50.

HD6450, get the Diamond version, biggest heatsink of the lot.
GT520/610

OneMoar · Jan 2, 2013

direct said client here so we can explain to him why hes full of shit lol
850Wat PSU and a GENE V wow talk about overkill
if you are gonna bother with the gene then talk him into a 3750k and a Mid-high range gpu might as well go all the way

TRWOV · Jan 2, 2013

Well, maybe he wants to be 4000K ready so consider OneMoar's suggestion.

OneMoar · Jan 2, 2013

TRWOV said:
Well, maybe he wants to be 4000K ready so consider OneMoar's suggestion.

most of the haswell chips Will not be 1155 socket compatible lol

micropage7 · Jan 2, 2013

actually high end gaming parts is ok, maybe he thinks that if the hardware could run game smoothly it would be great if he run for multimedia.
yeah if we talk about cost and performance that needed by multimedia and gaming, its kinda different
and since its your client, i guess you could suggest him some alternative that could meet what he needs but finally the money and the hardware that chosen is depend to him. just make sure he got best hardware so he wont regret the money that spent

drdeathx · Jan 2, 2013

OneMoar said:
direct said client here so we can explain to him why hes full of shit lol
850Wat PSU and a GENE V wow talk about overkill
if you are gonna bother with the gene then talk him into a 3750k and a Mid-high range gpu might as well go all the way

if you read his explanation, the client is pushing for the better hardware.

drdeathx · Jan 2, 2013

TRWOV said:
Well, maybe he wants to be 4000K ready so consider OneMoar's suggestion.

I wouldn't

johnspack · Jan 3, 2013

Yeah, he likes the idea of the high end hardware.. I had to order the Gene. He feels the heatpipe cooling on it will keep the mobo cooler, so it will be quieter ect. He has a rather bizarre concept of htpcs... but what can you do. Plus he wants to return my titanium card and not have to buy a new sound card yet. The way he's going, I might as well tell him to just go to an i5 cpu, and get a graphics card. Think it might be time to introduce him to pc gaming.....

jboydgolfer · Jan 3, 2013

next thing you know , your assembling a Full water loop, for a "low-mid level" htpc. lol. Had the same situation here. Good Luck, atleast we get to build them, right?
Have fun man.

johnspack · Jan 3, 2013

Heheh, yep, he just keeps adding more, gotta love it!

johnspack · Jan 3, 2013

Well, couldn't talk him into an i5, oh well. He is on a low fixed income, so I understand that. I do this for people who don't have money, for basically nothing. The local computer stores would rip them off horribly. I think he's been eating like potato chips for the last 2 months just to get what he has. I can relate, do it all the time myself! He really wanted that gene v though, so I had to get it. Long as he's happy, so am I. Gotta make the client happy always.....

TRWOV · Jan 3, 2013

Did you at least talk him into a 400-500w PSU? If he has a low income that's more of a reason to make the most of his money.

johnspack · Jan 3, 2013

I already got him a Silverstone Evolution Gold 750... already installed. It'll take time, but he'll eventually upgrade cpu ect.....

System Name	System2 Blacknet , System1 Blacknet2
Processor	System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3
Motherboard	System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A
Cooling	System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO
Memory	System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	System2 GTX 980Ti System1 GTX 970
Storage	System2 4x SSDs + NVme= 2.250TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB System1 3x SSDs=2TB
Display(s)	2x 24" 1080 displays
Case	System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing...
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U7 MKII
Power Supply	System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum
Keyboard	Ducky
Software	Manjaro, Windows 10, Kubuntu 23.10
Benchmark Scores	It's linux baby!

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Motherboard	ASRock P67Extreme4 / Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3
Cooling	CM Hyper TX3 / CM Hyper 212 EVO
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Power Supply	Corsair TX650 / Corsair TX650M
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 100 / Rival 110
Keyboard	Sidewinder/ Steelseries Apex 150
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Power Supply	Corsair HX850i
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Keyboard	Logitech G513 Tactile
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System Name	System2 Blacknet , System1 Blacknet2
Processor	System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3
Motherboard	System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A
Cooling	System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO
Memory	System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	System2 GTX 980Ti System1 GTX 970
Storage	System2 4x SSDs + NVme= 2.250TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB System1 3x SSDs=2TB
Display(s)	2x 24" 1080 displays
Case	System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing...
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U7 MKII
Power Supply	System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum
Keyboard	Ducky
Software	Manjaro, Windows 10, Kubuntu 23.10
Benchmark Scores	It's linux baby!

System Name	System2 Blacknet , System1 Blacknet2
Processor	System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3
Motherboard	System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A
Cooling	System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO
Memory	System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	System2 GTX 980Ti System1 GTX 970
Storage	System2 4x SSDs + NVme= 2.250TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB System1 3x SSDs=2TB
Display(s)	2x 24" 1080 displays
Case	System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing...
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U7 MKII
Power Supply	System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum
Keyboard	Ducky
Software	Manjaro, Windows 10, Kubuntu 23.10
Benchmark Scores	It's linux baby!

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